Jérôme Kerviel

Register entry

Jérôme Kerviel is recorded in this register under the heading “Court record”, in connection with the role of Former trader, Société Générale. The entry is filed to Paris (France), which is the location associated with the role in the published material rather than a statement of present residence or employment.

French courts found that he had taken positions far beyond his mandate, causing the bank to report a €4.9bn loss in January 2008. Civil damages were later reduced. The register reproduces the substance of the linked source and does not extend it. Where a matter has been appealed, reopened, or closed without findings, that position is stated as the source states it, and the summary line for this entry reads: “Convicted by French courts in 2010 over unauthorised index-futures positions; a 2014 appeal reduced the sentence.”

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